We’ve been living with the 2020 BMW 2 Series Gran Coupe for nearly half a year now, and the pint-sized sedan has been put through our daily routines and spontaneous adventures. While the 228i Gran Coupe was out on a road trip, I spent time with one of its platform siblings, the X1, to answer
Month: August 2020
As international travel restrictions continue, millions of Brits are jumping in their cars for UK-based staycations this summer – spending a collective £462million on fuel. With the nation preparing for Bank Holiday weekend getaways, research from EDF revealed 77% of holiday-makers will make their staycation journey in a petrol / diesel car – travelling an
High-flying shares of Tesla Inc. surged again on Monday after its stock split took effect and attracted more buying from investors. Tesla shares rallied another 10 percent, elevating the EV market capitalization to over $440 billion, making it more valuable than blue-chip companies such as Walmart and Johnson & Johnson. Tesla split its stock 5-for-1,
The 2021 Toyota Tacoma gains new Nightshade and Trail Special Editions this year, but otherwise carries over the things that keep it the top-selling mid-size pickup truck in the U.S. It’s excellent at off-road driving in TRD spec, has a useful pickup bed and an available crew-cab body, and can be configured with part-time four-wheel
Both BMW and Jaguar have long and proud histories of producing some of the industry’s finest sports cars, and the M2 CS and F-Type are among the best. In the most recent review from Lovecars starring Tiff Needell, the M2 CS and the facelifted F-Type go toe-to-toe on a tight and twisty track before heading
TOKYO — At a factory south of Japan’s Toyota City, robots have started sharing the work of quality-control inspectors, as the pandemic accelerates a shift from Toyota’s vaunted “go and see” system which helped revolutionize mass production in the 20th century. Inside the auto-parts plant of Musashi Seimitsu Industry, a robotic arm picks up and
There were many cars, and many more miles, but if I had to do it over again, I’d still take the 2020 Audi A6 Allroad. On a work trip racking up 1,000 miles behind the wheel of everything from full-size SUVs to compact sedans to a Bentley Bentayga ultralux SUV, the A6 Allroad logged the
Jonny Lieberman whips around Miami in the 1 of 1, $5 million Agera. Is this the fastest car in the world? #MotorTrend #Koenigsegg #Agera
The vehicle you’re looking at could be called the Honda Crossurus, or perhaps the Lamborghini Uruscross. Either way, it is a one-off and is certainly a head-turner, albeit for all the wrong reasons. Based on a white Honda Crosstour, it rocks a custom bodykit that consists of pieces of sheet metal that have been riveted
DETROIT — Ford Motor Co.’s broad investment in electrification includes money for a slew of hybrids, plug-ins and battery-electric vehicles, but nothing in one area where its biggest rivals are spending billions: battery production. Even with the Mustang Mach-E coming this year and the F-150 EV and Transit EV expected in 2022, Ford executives say
Recently we were armchair quarterbacking the theory that the Kia Stinger was not long for this world. Even though the Stinger itself is a great car, lackluster sales are a sign that potential buyers aren’t as fired up as us critics. But we’re happy to report that, for now at least, we’ve been proven wrong.
Elon Musk confirmed that he is going to Germany to review Tesla’s effort to build a new kind of vaccine printer with Curevac and the progress at Gigafactory Berlin. Earlier this year, Musk announced that Tesla has become the manufacturing partner for biotech firm CureVac who is working on a COVID-19 vaccine based on their RNA
Gentex, the Zeeland, Mich., supplier of mirrors and other automotive electronics, has added a new feature to its camera-based rearview mirror: a built-in digital video recorder that automatically preserves accident footage. The first vehicle to use the built-in DVR is the Toyota Harrier, a RAV4-based crossover sold in Japan, Korea, China and other markets. The
Citing an early order guide, CarsDirect reports a 2021 Mazda CX-30 Turbo is set to follow the Mazda 3 2.5 Turbo, packing the same turbocharged 2.5-liter four-cylinder found in that car, the CX-9 and CX-5 crossovers, and the Mazda 6 midside sedan. The 2.5-liter turbo makes 250 horsepower and 320 lb-ft of torque on 93-octane
Tesla Model Y owner Peter Hradiský from Halifax understands that few people have seen the new Tesla crossover. This is also true of most Tesla vehicles, at least in some areas where they’re not yet popular. However, he doesn’t understand why people would sit on his car for a photo. Moreover, he doesn’t understand why
The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed the pivotal vehicle in McLaren Automotive’s transition to a 100 percent electrified portfolio, but the British exotic automaker’s future product plans are now coming into clearer focus. Last week, McLaren released details of its newest vehicle architecture, which, in a different direction for the brand, has been specifically developed to
The 2021 Toyota Tundra works hard to pull its weight in the full-size pickup class, but despite a muscular V-8 engine it falls behind the Ram 1500 and Ford F-150 in our rankings. It’s light on luxury, lower on towing and hauling ratings, and in gas mileage too. We’d still buy one if we put
What do you get when you combine a classic Mini with a high-revving motorcycle engine? A creation that is unlike any other on earth, that’s what. This particular Mini is a 1991 example and owned by an enthusiast up in Canada. Engine swaps in classic Minis are not rare, but what’s interesting is that the
Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess has encouraged Bill Gates to advise governments on how to lower carbon emissions from transportation and renewed his criticism of Germany’s slow abandonment of coal power. “You thoroughly understand the CO2 logic of the mobility sector. You know what we have to do and you could and should advise governments
When kids play on neighbors’ driveways, the result is often raised voices and scowls of disapproval. But when one suburban resident noticed a kid riding a bicycle around his driveway, he decided to turn it into a racetrack. This was documented in a video posted on Twitter Thursday. After seeing the kid on his driveway
While this may look like a classic Ford Mustang with somewhat odd proportions, it is actually a Mazda RX-8 that is rocking the body of a ’67 ‘Stang. We recently stumbled across the car after browsing through old listings on the Ontario Auto Classifieds page on Facebook. It appears to have been sold by the
Volkswagen of America executives are still working with their German counterparts to lock up sufficient allocation of the ID4 — VW’s new Tiguan-size battery-electric crossover — from the single German plant supplying Europe and North America. Some 99 percent of Volkswagen’s 650 U.S. dealers have signed up to sell the ID4 when it goes on
The Aston Martin DB5 is an icon, and rightfully so. But how to share its delightful driving experience with a younger generation? The Little Car Company and Aston Martin got together and cooked up a scaled-down car you’d be hard-pressed to call a “toy” with a straight face. The DB5 Junior, as its called, can
By Jamie Groh Posted on August 29, 2020 As previously reported by Teslarati, SpaceX announced intentions to launch two Falcon 9 missions from two Florida launchpads on Sunday, August 30th. However, the ambitious goal was left in limbo. The record-breaking doubleheader was believed to hinge upon the Saturday morning launch of a United Launch Alliance
NAGOYA, Japan — If things had gone according to plan, a cavalcade of Toyota vehicles would have rumbled into Tokyo this month, heralding the 2020 Summer Olympics and wrapping up an unprecedented seven-year, five-continent endurance drive by the country’s flagship automaker. Instead, the COVID-19 pandemic emerged, forcing the cancellation not only of the Summer Games
It’s finally here in all its glory, Ram’s long-awaited, much-anticipated contender to the Ford Raptor’s OEM high-speed off-road throne, the 2021 Ram 1500 TRX. But for fans of the Ram truck brand, or of off-roading in general, the TRX has been in the works for years now, ever since the original concept truck was unveiled
The new Volkswagen ID.3 has set its first range record: The electric car covered the 531km, equal to 330 miles from Zwickau to Schaffhausen (Switzerland) on a single charge. Officially, the model has a range of up to 420km or 260 miles when calculated using the WLTP method. This mark was topped by more than
DETROIT — U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider said he has received no pressure or requests from the White House or Attorney General’s Office to speed up a federal investigation into the UAW before November’s presidential election. Schneider’s office is in the midst of a yearslong corruption probe that has produced 14 convictions, mostly of former UAW
The Porsche 911 Targa has a long and illustrious history and the first reviews of the latest model have started to hit the web. The video reviews you’ll find below come from Autogefühl and MotoManTV and both feature the flagship Targa 4S model, as opposed to the slightly less powerful and cheaper Targa 4. Driving
German supplier Hella is planning a sale of its driver-assistance software unit, people familiar with the matter said. Hella is working with advisers to gauge interest in the business, the people said. It could fetch several hundred million euros, they said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. The unit may attract
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